Hi Chris thanks for sharing your build. I think the valve stem and lifter might be offset on purpose so that the valve and or lifter rotates during operation. looking forward to next episode
HI Maurice. Thanks for sending the message. It gives me a bit of confidence that Im not miles away? Im just editing a short video about a lever Ive been working on. It'll be up in an hour or two.
Are the barrels interchangeable,are the Pistons? Does the "front" piston fit the back con rod ok,same with the barrel ? Great to see real life building/problems,it will be interesting to see the finished solution and it running again,
Great questions. The barrels are one side only. They only fit either front or back, not both. The pistons are universal and can go either front or back. The pins are the same size. I did swap them back to front so to speak. Both pins fits both conrods and both pins fit the front piston. The holes in the pistons are actually different sizes. I went through and measured some other pistons I have and found some of them different sizes as well??? Strange but perhaps we are talking about different years of production of what is essentially the same engine with slight production differences as the engines evolved? This certainly happened at Villiers with the engine I have in my Elliott. One year the conrods were 4mm longer??? I'm sure there's a solution and I suspect it to be reaming the piston holes to an appropriate size? Just what that size is I'm not sure? Thanks for the encouragement and the support on showing real life restoring. Its a learn as you go kinda thing.
Those tappets are not supposed to align concentrically with the valves. Check out your AJS. Being offset causes them to rotate a bit and share out the wear around the circumference of the tappet.
I thought that as well. Just getting the valves and tappets to align is a bit of an art form. Im not used to the adjustability of barrels. Ill get there. Thanks
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Oh, and it looks like you survived the wild weather. It bucketed down where I am.
Rain wasnt too bad here.
Yes!. This is the episode I've been waiting for.
Hi Chris thanks for sharing your build. I think the valve stem and lifter might be offset on purpose so that the valve and or lifter rotates during operation. looking forward to next episode
HI Maurice. Thanks for sending the message. It gives me a bit of confidence that Im not miles away? Im just editing a short video about a lever Ive been working on. It'll be up in an hour or two.
Are the barrels interchangeable,are the Pistons? Does the "front" piston fit the back con rod ok,same with the barrel ? Great to see real life building/problems,it will be interesting to see the finished solution and it running again,
Great questions. The barrels are one side only. They only fit either front or back, not both. The pistons are universal and can go either front or back. The pins are the same size. I did swap them back to front so to speak. Both pins fits both conrods and both pins fit the front piston. The holes in the pistons are actually different sizes. I went through and measured some other pistons I have and found some of them different sizes as well??? Strange but perhaps we are talking about different years of production of what is essentially the same engine with slight production differences as the engines evolved? This certainly happened at Villiers with the engine I have in my Elliott. One year the conrods were 4mm longer???
I'm sure there's a solution and I suspect it to be reaming the piston holes to an appropriate size? Just what that size is I'm not sure? Thanks for the encouragement and the support on showing real life restoring. Its a learn as you go kinda thing.
Those tappets are not supposed to align concentrically with the valves. Check out your AJS. Being offset causes them to rotate a bit and share out the wear around the circumference of the tappet.
I thought that as well. Just getting the valves and tappets to align is a bit of an art form. Im not used to the adjustability of barrels. Ill get there. Thanks